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SAHIH BUKHARI VOLUME 4 > BOOK 52: FIGHTING FOR THE CAUSE OF ALLAH (JIHAAD)
martyr who, on seeing the superiority of martyrdom, would like to come back to the world and get
killed again (in Allah's Cause)."
Narrated Anas: The Prophet said, "A single endeavor (of fighting) in Allah's Cause in the afternoon
or in the forenoon is better than all the world and whatever is in it. A place in Paradise as small as
the bow or lash of one of you is better than all the world and whatever is in it. And if a houri from
Paradise appeared to the people of the earth, she would fill the space between Heaven and the Earth
with light and pleasant scent and her head cover is better than the world and whatever is in it."
Volume 4, Book 52, Number 54:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
The Prophet said, "By Him in Whose Hands my life is! Were it not for some men amongst the be-
lievers who dislike to be left behind me and whom I cannot provide with means of conveyance, I
would certainly never remain behind any Sariya' (army-unit) setting out in Allah's Cause. By Him in
Whose Hands my life is! I would love to be martyred in Al1ah's Cause and then get resurrected and
then get martyred, and then get resurrected again and then get martyred and then get resurrected
again and then get martyred.
Volume 4, Book 52, Number 55:
Narrated Anas bin Malik:
The Prophet delivered a sermon and said, "Zaid took the flag and was martyred, and then Ja'far
took the flag and was martyred, and then 'Abdullah bin Rawaha took the flag and was martyred too,
and then Khalid bin Al-Walid took the flag though he was not appointed as a commander and Allah
made him victorious." The Prophet further added, "It would not please us to have them with us." Aiy-
ub, a sub-narrator, added, "Or the Prophet, shedding tears, said, 'It would not p ease them to be with
us."
Volume 4, Book 52, Number 56:
Narrated Anas bin Malik:
Um Haram said, "Once the Prophet slept in my house near to me and got up smiling. I said, 'What
makes you smile?' He replied, 'Some of my followers who (i.e. in a dream) were presented to me sail-
ing on this green sea like kings on thrones.' I said, 'O Allah's Apostle! Invoke Allah to make me one of
them." So the Prophet invoked Allah for her and went to sleep again. He did the same (i.e. got up and
told his dream) and Um Haran repeated her question and he gave the same reply. She said, "Invoke
Allah to make me one of them." He said, "You are among the first batch." Later on it happened that
she went out in the company of her husband 'Ubada bin As-Samit who went for Jihad and it was the
first time the Muslims undertook a naval expedition led by Mu awiya. When the expedition came to
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